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jmc’s Community Messenger: One Tool to Empower Your Entire District Community

Streamline communications for your school district or community organization through jmc’s messaging app with flexible options like text-to-voice. Read the blog post.

Messaging Tools That Unite an Entire School Community

Student support teams need current information and accessible communication methods in order to collaborate effectively. jmc’s messaging tools help provide real-time updates, higher accessibility, and better delivery outcomes. This article explains how the result is a united school community.

Tools That Unite a School Community

School districts often find themselves dedicating excessive time to using complex and inefficient tools for mundane tasks, detracting from their ability to focus on promoting student success. jmc offers a comprehensive suite of solutions that bring together the entire school community while reducing stress and using resources more efficiently. Our most recent blog explores the top three ways jmc can help unify your school community.

4 Reasons jmc Coach/Advisor is the Perfect Assistant

Coaches and advisors are valuable members of a student’s success team. Yet they have to depend on office professionals, families, and health professionals for important information that impacts them, such as information on eligibility, attendance, and contact. With jmc's Coach/Advisor app, coaches and advisors have in-the-moment access to their players inside and outside of the classroom.

With jmc Administrators Can Ditch the Desk

Building relationships with students and staff is an integral part of a school administrator’s role. But if administrators are not at their computer, how do they access the information that is key to building valuable connection and community? Read jmc’s latest article to learn how the Admin Connect app gives administrators real-time access to student information.

4 Essential Elements of a Family Outreach Strategy

A proactive family outreach strategy is a must-have for today’s schools. It saves time by preventing miscommunication and increases student success by keeping home and school connected. In this article, we’ve put together a list of the 4 most essential elements a family outreach strategy needs.

jmc Solutions Help Schools and Families Collaborate Early and Often

jmc created tools that help families and schools collaborate early and often. Our latest blog will show you how utilizing jmc Teacher Conference Scheduler, Grading, and Online Registration modules from jmc can help you catch potential issues before they become problems.

What grading solution fits your school best?

Grading is no longer a one-size-fits-all solution. If your school wants to move toward a standards-based grading system, jmc offers 6 grading solutions to meet the evolving needs of your district. We’ve shared five questions to answer that will help you decide which one might fit your district best.

4 tips for building strong school-community connection

Ensuring your school and community are connected is vital to student success. In jmc’s latest article, we discuss our top tips for strengthening school-community connection.

8 Tips For a Successful District Online Registration Plan

Online Registration is one of the most important processes that a school does each year. It can also be a time-consuming process for everyone involved — but it doesn’t have to be! Read our latest blog 8 Tips For a Successful District Online Registration Plan to learn how to simplify the process.

Grading System Working For Your District? Answer 5 Questions to Find Out

Does your district’s grading system match your learning philosophy and unique needs? In jmc’s latest article we offer 5 questions to help you decide if your current grading system is working for you – and what to do if it isn’t. Read it here.

Teacher Conferences: How to Increase Productivity and Attendance

Teacher conferences are valuable opportunities for teachers and families to collaborate on student success, so it’s no surprise that many schools would like to increase the attendance and productivity of teacher conferences. This article shares a few simple steps you can take to encourage families to attend and ensure that conferences are productive when they do.

jmc Makes Student Success a Family Affair

jmc created tools that help families become and stay engaged in education. Our latest blog post will show you how to increase family engagement utilizing Teacher Conference Scheduler and Family modules from jmc.

5+ ways jmc encourages student success

There is no one-size-fits-all way to ensure students are successful. jmc offers a variety of tools for students, families, and teachers to use to help students succeed. In our latest blog post, we share a few of the many ways schools can use jmc to encourage student success.

jmc’s 2021 Year in Review

2021 was a unique---and at times uniquely challenging!---year. At jmc we’ve learned and grown in numerous ways over the last 12 months, as a company and as individuals. In our latest blog post, we present a collection of 2021 highlights from the jmc team.

jmc Volunteers

At jmc, we’re committed to giving our staff PTO to #volunteer for the causes they care about. Read our latest blog post to learn more about how jmc supports this vitally important work.

Reimagined registration: Out of necessity, schools found a better way to welcome new families

The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has magnified the advantages of new student registration. Learn about the steps schools should take to prepare for the switch—and the many benefits of online registration and family enrollment, which will continue to make everyone’s lives easier long after the pandemic’s effects have subsided.

Grading and Assessment Trends for the 2021-22 School Year

Discussions about how best to assess and grade K-12 students have been taking place for years, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has added new urgency to those conversations. Here are several trends in grading and assessment to keep an eye out for this school year.

Keep Calm in a Chaotic New School Year: 5 Tips

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has added a layer of uncertainty to the new school year that could throw even the most organized among us off their game. Here are some tips for keeping your cool and keeping up during a challenging back-to-school season.

Where to Find jmc This Summer

Each summer, jmc hosts training events to connect with our partner schools across the Midwest. In 2021 we’ll look at our Family app, recent state reporting updates, and much more. Read on to learn more and register.

Make This Your School’s Stay-Close Summer!

There are many ways you can keep your school’s sense of community thriving through the summer, whether in person or at a distance. Here are 4 ways to maintain close bonds within your school community over the summer.

3 Tips for Smooth State Reporting

Reporting school and district data to the state probably isn’t any administrator’s idea of fun. But, with a few adjustments, it can at least be less painful! We share advice for making the state reporting process as efficient and hassle-free as possible.

Administrative Professionals' Days: 5 Ways to Celebrate

April 22 is Administrative Professionals' Day! This year it’s more important than ever to show hard-working administrators just how much you appreciate their efforts. Read our ideas for thanking the administrative professionals in your life creatively and safely.

Spring into Health!

Spring is a great time of year for clearing out the cobwebs, whether they’re in your closet or your health routine. In our latest blog post, we offer tips and tools that can help you and your school community make this spring your most health-conscious yet.

5 Digital Learning Trends for 2021

2020 brought a number of major changes to the digital learning landscape. So what’s on the horizon in 2021? Read on to learn about the 5 digital learning trends jmc has our eyes on in the new year.

Looking back, looking forward: jmc’s year in review

Looking back at this unprecedented year, many of us rose to the challenges, learned about ourselves and our world, and found adaptability and creativity we may not have even known we had. Here are some of jmc’s recent achievements and milestones in 2020.

5 Ways to Find Gratitude in Tough Times

When you take time for gratitude, you can improve your physical and mental well-being, enhance your empathy. But how do you find things to be thankful for in a year like 2020? Here are 5 ideas, along with tech tools to help with each one.

7 Ways to Build School Community at a Distance

Schools that take time to build school spirit foster a sense of pride and common purpose in their students. Building school spirit doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive, and it’s still possible to do from afar. Here are 7 ideas for building school spirit when you can’t actually be at school.

Get Your Child’s Tech Ready for Back to School

Schools across the country are getting kids back to school in different ways. But whatever the school year looks like in your area, chances are it involves technology. Read our list of helpful tips to ensure the technology your child needs to learn this year is in top shape.

Reimagining Grades and Report Cards for Distance Learners

As we finish this unprecedented school year, many teachers are wondering what tests and report cards will look like in the fall. We spoke with Dr. Matthew Townsley, author and education consultant, to get his thoughts on assessment and standards for distance learners.

How Lake City Schools Rose to the Challenge of Distance Learning

In the second installment of jmc’s new webinar series on distance learning, we spoke with Greg Berge, principal of Lincoln High School in Lake City, Minnesota. Learn how his district created their plan, and how they were able to overcome bumps along the way.

Distance Learning with jmc Software

During these challenging times, clear, real-time communication between schools and families is vital. Learn how jmc software tools can help maintain the ties between school and home during distance learning.

Get in the Game: 4 Organization Tips for Coaches and Advisors

Springtime for many students means the start of something new: a new semester, a new class schedule, and for some a new season of their favorite sport or activity. If you’re a coach or advisor in a K-12 setting, jmc has tips for getting organized for spring.

Message Received: jmc’s Communications Tools Unite the Entire School Community

Clear, timely communication is vital to managing any school system, and jmc takes that to heart. Learn how jmc streamlines communication with a variety of tools everyone can use, from administrators and teachers to coaches and families.

jmc’s 2019 Recap, Plus 5 Goals for 2020

2019 was another great year for jmc! As we move forward with plans for 2020, we asked our team members and clients to share their favorite jmc innovations from the past year. Here’s what they had to say.

How jmc Gives Back

With Minnesota’s Give to Max Day just behind us and Thanksgiving right around the corner, we’re thinking about the importance of supporting our communities. Read on to learn more about how jmc gives back.

Our Customer Service Values

What does it top-notch customer service look like? To celebrate National Customer Service Week, we’re thinking about what we value most when it comes to assisting customers.

Weekly Webinar Series: New Fall Schedule

jmc’s weekly webinar series has a new schedule for fall. Attend short online presentations to learn tips for using jmc software in your schools and classrooms.

First Annual jmc Regional Teacher Conference a Big Success

September might be winding down, but we’re still thinking of summer and the Annual jmc Regional Teacher Conference!

Introducing our new website!

Today’s schools are constantly changing—updating curricula, experimenting with new education approaches and doing more with limited resources every day to support our nation’s students. jmc’s changing too....